FOOT & NAIL CARE CERTIFICATION FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED)
GRADE A+ ACED
Beau's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Horizontal grooves ( not ridges) extending from one side of
the nail to the other. Transverse lines. caused by the matrix bed either temporarily ceasing to
produce nail plate or slowing down the production of the plate. will generally affect all 20 nail
plates.
Clubbing Nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>180° angle of the nail
Corns - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Pinpoint pressure thickened hyperkeratotic lesion that ordinarily
forms on toes composed of protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Callus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Generalized pressure thickened hyperkeratotic skin usually on
the plantar aspect of the foot compose a protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Koilonychia nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Spooning of the nail, edges turn up, may also
have nail thinning
Mee's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Aka: partial leukonchyia. Surface irregularities of white
discoloration half of the nail transverse lines
Muehrcke's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities of narrow horizontal white
bands
Onychodystrophy - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Deformation of the nail
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, Onychoschizia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities of lamellar splitting of the nail
plate
Pitting of the nail - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities in the nail plate resulting from
proximal matrix bed disorders
White nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: liver diseases
Half of nail is pink, half is white - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: kidney diseases
Nailbed is red - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: heart conditions
Yellowing in thickening of the nail, slow growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition:
lung diseases
Pale nailbeds - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: anemia
Yellowish nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: diabetes, AIDS, aging process, fungi,
emphysema, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, malignancies, rheumatoid arthritis and
thyroid disease.
Pale, thick, brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: fungal infection
Green Discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER >>>disorder under the nail plate. pseudomonas
infection, aspergillus fungal infection or hematoma under the nail can appear green
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QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED)
GRADE A+ ACED
Beau's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Horizontal grooves ( not ridges) extending from one side of
the nail to the other. Transverse lines. caused by the matrix bed either temporarily ceasing to
produce nail plate or slowing down the production of the plate. will generally affect all 20 nail
plates.
Clubbing Nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>180° angle of the nail
Corns - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Pinpoint pressure thickened hyperkeratotic lesion that ordinarily
forms on toes composed of protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Callus - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Generalized pressure thickened hyperkeratotic skin usually on
the plantar aspect of the foot compose a protective layers of compacted dead skin cells
Koilonychia nail plate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Spooning of the nail, edges turn up, may also
have nail thinning
Mee's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Aka: partial leukonchyia. Surface irregularities of white
discoloration half of the nail transverse lines
Muehrcke's lines - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities of narrow horizontal white
bands
Onychodystrophy - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Deformation of the nail
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, Onychoschizia - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities of lamellar splitting of the nail
plate
Pitting of the nail - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Surface irregularities in the nail plate resulting from
proximal matrix bed disorders
White nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: liver diseases
Half of nail is pink, half is white - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: kidney diseases
Nailbed is red - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: heart conditions
Yellowing in thickening of the nail, slow growth rate - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition:
lung diseases
Pale nailbeds - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: anemia
Yellowish nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: diabetes, AIDS, aging process, fungi,
emphysema, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, malignancies, rheumatoid arthritis and
thyroid disease.
Pale, thick, brittle nails - CORRECT ANSWER >>>Medical condition: fungal infection
Green Discoloration - CORRECT ANSWER >>>disorder under the nail plate. pseudomonas
infection, aspergillus fungal infection or hematoma under the nail can appear green
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